Lars C. Grabow

Dan Luss Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor of Chemistry (by courtesy)
Member of the Texas Center for Superconductivity (TcSUH)
University of Houston
Biography
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Professional Preparation:

Technical University of Denmark Department of Physics. Post-doc 09/2008 – 08/2010
University of Wisconsin, Madison Chemical Engineering, PhD 2008
University of Stuttgart, Germany Chemical Engineering, Dipl. Ing. (with distinction) 2003

Appointments:

Dan Luss Professor University of Houston Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Eng. Houston, TX 09/2020 – present
Dan Luss Associate Professor University of Houston Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Eng. Houston, TX 09/2019 – 09/2020
Associate Professor University of Houston Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Eng.
Dept. of Chemistry (by courtesy)		 Houston, TX 09/2017 – 09/2019
Assistant Professor University of Houston Dept. of Chemistry (by courtesy) Houston, TX 02/2014 – 08/2017
Assistant Professor University of Houston Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Eng. Houston, TX 08/2011 – 08/2017
Research Associate Stanford University Chemical Engineering Stanford, CA 10/2010 – 07/2011

Selected Honors and Awards:

  • Andrea Prosperetti Research Computing Faculty Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2021.
  • Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award, University of Houston, TX, 2020.
  • Inaugural Holder of the Dan Luss Endowed Professorship, Houston, TX, 2019.
  • Elected in the 2018 Class of Influential Researchers by Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (I&EC) Research, 2018.
  • Best Fundamental Paper Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers – South Texas Section (AlChE-STS), 2014 & 2017.
  • Excellence in Research, Scholarship or Creative Activity Award – Assistant Professor Level, University of Houston, 2017.
  • Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2015.
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2014/2015.
  • DOE Early Career Award, 2014.
  • Teaching Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2014.
  • Finalist for the Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award, 2013.
  • ACS-PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2012.
  • Young Scientist Award of the 15th ICC, 2012.

Synergistic Activities:

  • Managing Guest Editor for Current Opinions in Chemical Engineering, Special Issue on “Data-centric Catalysis & Reaction Engineering”, 2020 – present.
  • Guest Editor for Topics in Catalysis, Special Issue “Gabor A. Somorjai Award Symposium for Creative Research in Catalysis in Honor of Professor Manos Mavrikakis“, 2019 – present.
  • Editorial Advisory Board Member for Surface Science, 2019 – present.
  • Social Media Director, Past Chair, Chair, Vice Chair, 2nd Vice Chair of the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (CRE) division of AIChE, 2016 – present.
  • Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Director of the Southwest Catalysis Society (SWCS), 2014 – present.
  • Member of the International Advisory Board for ChemCatChem, 2017 – present.
  • Member of the Early Career Advisory Board for ACS Catalysis, 2017 – 2018.
  • Programming Chair of the Catalysis subdivision of the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (CRE) division of AIChE, 2012 – 2014.
  • Active engagement in outreach activities, e.g. Team Captain for Houston Energy Day and Earth Day (both are educational family friendly events with ca. 14,000 -15,000 attendees).

Memberships:

  • Senior Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
  • American Chemical Society
  • North American Catalysis Society
  • Southwest Catalysis Society
  • International Precious Metal Institute